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Coffee consumption and the risk of colorectal cancer: A prospective cohort study in Japan

  1. Toru Naganuma1,†,*,
  2. Shinichi Kuriyama1,
  3. Munira Akhter1,
  4. Masako Kakizaki1,
  5. Naoki Nakaya1,
  6. Kaori Matsuda-Ohmori1,
  7. Taichi Shimazu1,
  8. Akira Fukao2,
  9. Ichiro Tsuji1

Article first published online: 4 JAN 2007

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22505

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 120, Issue 7, pages 1542–1547, 1 April 2007

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Naganuma, T., Kuriyama, S., Akhter, M., Kakizaki, M., Nakaya, N., Matsuda-Ohmori, K., Shimazu, T., Fukao, A. and Tsuji, I. (2007), Coffee consumption and the risk of colorectal cancer: A prospective cohort study in Japan. Int. J. Cancer, 120: 1542–1547. doi: 10.1002/ijc.22505

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  1. 1

    Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

  2. 2

    Department of Public Health, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

  1. †

    Fax: +81-22-717-8125.

*Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 JAN 2007
  2. Article first published online: 4 JAN 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 6 NOV 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 22 SEP 2006

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  • Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan. Grant Number: H16-3jigan-010

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